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Africa-Press<\/a> – Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Nigeria on Tuesday recorded 749 new coronavirus infections in the country.<\/p>\n

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, in a tweet via its Twitter account, said the new infections were recorded in 17 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).<\/p>\n

According to the health agency, the total number of infections in the country now stands at 85,560, while 71,937 patients have recovered from the virus.<\/p>\n

It also stated that 580 new patients were discharged from isolation centres across the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe death toll from the virus increased by three, raising the total number of deaths to 1,267 nationwide.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur discharges today include 279 community recoveries in Lagos State and 106 community recoveries in the FCT, managed in line with guidelines,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n

The NCDC said that Lagos State recorded 299 new cases, followed by Plateau with 131 cases and Kaduna with 83 cases.<\/p>\n

The FCT recorded 74 new infections, Kwara, 35; Sokoto 26; Edo 18, Kano 17, Katsina 16, Delta 11, Nasarawa 10, Ondo and Bauchi had nine each, Rivers 5, Akwa Ibom 3, while Jigawa, Osun and Ekiti had 1 each.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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